Web Accessibility Resources
The following resources are provided for information purposes only and are not endorsed by Grayson College.
LinkedIn Learning Courses
Creating Accessible Documents
- "Creating Accessible PDFs" LinkedIn Learning Course. Includes techniques for Acrobat Pro, Microsoft Word, and Adobe InDesign
- "Advanced Accessible PDFs" LinkedIn Learning Course
- "Accessibility for Web Design" LinkedIn Learning Course
Accessibility in ELearning
Accessibility Standards
- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1
- Understanding WCAG 2.1 (Support Document with explanations for WCAG 2.1)
- Techniques for WCAG 2.1 (Support Document for implementing WCAG 2.1)
- WCAG in Plain English | Aaardvark Accessibility
- PDF/UA 1 ISO 14289-1 (provided free of charge through the the PDF Association)
- Tagged PDF Best Practice Guide: Syntax | PDF Association
WAI-ARIA Authoring Practices
Document Authoring Resources
Microsoft Word
- Make your Word documents accessible to people with disabilities - micosoft.com
- Microsoft Word: Creating Accessible Documents - WebAIM.org
- Understanding PDF Accessibility | University of Colorado Boulder
- PDF Accessibility: Acrobat and Accessibility - WebAIM.org
- Accessible PDFs and Other Documents | Texas A&M
Adobe Indesign
Software Applications
Color Contrast
Accessibility Checkers
- PAC 2026 Free PDF Accessibility Checker (Windows Only) - Axes4 - WCAG 2.1 and PDF/UA Checking - This is the Industry Standard
- Allyant (formerly commonlook) Free PDF Validator (Windows Only - Plugin, requires Adobe Acrobat - Requires mailing list sign up)
- VeraPDF (Windows and Mac) - PDF/UA Validation - Free - Important Note: requires Java or OpenJDK Runtime Environment